As recorded for Uraria alopecuroides
Uraria alopecuroides
Uraria alopecuroides
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Flowering
- June-December
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., Assam, India, Nicobar Is., West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Uraria lagopodioides. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific.
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How to identify Uraria alopecuroides
Identify Uraria alopecuroides by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-December.
- Confirm it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Uraria alopecuroides.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Uraria alopecuroides
- Genus
- Uraria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Uraria alopecuroides itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Uraria alopecuroides itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Uraria alopecuroides
Uraria alopecuroides belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. Flowering and fruiting run from June to December.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Uraria alopecuroides belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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